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Just the opposite, my dear Nova!Evolution? Primate roots?
Does this mean I'm not special?!
This is the COOLEST !! That some of the flesh and organs are preserved is a major contribution to the science. There have not been too many primate fossils found in Europe and so this is an important find for that region as well. VERY BIG.
Just the opposite, my dear Nova!
It means we will be able to discover just how special you are!:woohoo:
Just the opposite, my dear Nova!
It means we will be able to discover just how special you are!:woohoo:
Yes! The fact this was found in Germany instead of Africa was a shock. It has long been thought that our roots are in Africa and then to find this fossil in Germany throws a wrench into that. If Ida actually IS the missing link that connects the two strains of primates that broke off then how did later homonids get to Africa? The possibilities are numerous. There were the findings that were just released about the 'hobbit' people found off the coast of Indonesia that they were an entirely different species of early human that came from a species that has yet to be discovered. Ida may help show that early on there were more species of primitive humans than we thought.
Thank you guys for posting! It is nice to know that everyone doesn't think this is just crazy-talk.
Oh, I don't think this has any affect on the African origins of homonids. This fossil is 47 million years old and the earliest hominids are only 3-4 million years old. There are enough fossils in Africa in the interim to show that hominids evolved in Africa. The European location of this fossil is mostly interesting, IMO, because the preservation condition are generally not so good and there are not so many primate remains in that region. I am interested in learning what condition led to the preservation of the fleshy parts of the body.
Oh, I don't think this has any affect on the African origins of homonids. This fossil is 47 million years old and the earliest hominids are only 3-4 million years old. There are enough fossils in Africa in the interim to show that hominids evolved in Africa. The European location of this fossil is mostly interesting, IMO, because the preservation condition are generally not so good and there are not so many primate remains in that region. I am interested in learning what condition led to the preservation of the fleshy parts of the body.
This is so cool. We had just covered Ardipithecus in class last Monday and then this report came out. The students were so excited to see a big news report that was directly related to what they were learning in class. They understood the significance of some of the characteristics of "Ardi" (namely bipedalism in a forested environment) and were able to knowledgeably discuss the ramifications of this finding in a way they could not have done just a few weeks ago. I love it when you can see the lights suddenly flash on behind their eyes!:idea:
Do you teach Anthropology Cypros? My mom does and her students for the most part think she is nuts and act pretty uninterested. She has had more than one student go to the dean to complain about the fact she is talking about the evolution of man in her class. One guy filed a complaint because he insisted to her that dinosaurs were still walking the face of this planet as late as 1900's and of course she told him that was ridiculous but he didn't believe her........:banghead:
Yikes!
My grandparents were born at the beginning of the 1900s and it used to annoy them when younger people assumed they must have spent their childhoods fighting off the Indians. Hell, they thought I was an idiot for asking if they rode the bicycles with the giant, front wheels!
I can't imagine what they would have said had they been asked if they kept dinosaurs for pets.
We must get the word out in this country that while one has a right to believe nonsense, it isn't a virtue.